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A stick cut Into two parts, on each whereof is marked, with notches or otherwise, what is due between debtor and creditor. It was the ancient mode of keeping accounts. One part

Describing the same thing twice in one sentence in equivalent terms; a fault in rhetoric. It differs from repetition or iteration, which Is repeating the same sentence in the same or equivalent

One who drives horses in a wagon for the purpose of carrying goods for hire. He is liable as a common carrier. Story, Bailm.

Lat In the civil law. Rashly; inconsiderately. A plaintiff was said tcmcre liligare who demanded a thing out of malice, or sued without just cause, and who could show no ground or

Such a repair as will render a house fit for present habitation.

A writ whereby tlie record of an indictment, and the process thereupon, was called out of another court Into the queen’s bench. Reg. Orig. 69.

L. Fr. To determine. See OYEB AND TEBMINEB.

A judicial writ for the restoring of lands or goods to a debtor who is distrained above the amount of the debt. Reg. Jud.

One who makes or has made a testament or will; one who dies leaving a will. This term is borrowed from the civil law. lust. 2, 14, 5, 6. Testatoris ultima voluntas

An Anglo-Saxon nobleman; an old title of honor, perhaps equivalent to “baron.” There were two orders of thanes,

See CODEX TUEODOSIANUS.

The third part of the corn growing on the land, due to the lord for a heriot on the death of his tenant, within the the manor of Turfat, in Hereford. Blount.

This word is sometimes equivalent to “over;” as in a statute in reference to laying out a road “through” certain grounds. Ilyde Park v. Oakwoods Cemetery Ass’n, 119 111. 147, 7 N.

Span. A time of inability; a time when the person is not able to pay his debts, (when, for instance, he may not alienate property to the prejudice of his creditors.) The

In old records. Brush-wood and thorns for fencing and hedging. Cowell; Blount.

In Spanish law. Title. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit. 5, c. 3,

Lat. In the civil law. To lift up or raise ; to elevate; to build up.

Iu criminal pleading. Technical words necessary in an indictment for simple larceny. TOOL. The usual meaning of the word “tool” is “an instrument of manual operation ;” that is, an instrument to

Fr. All; whole; entirely. Tout temps prist, always ready. Tout ce que la loi ne defend pas est permis. Everything is permitted which is not forbidden by law.

A trade-name Is a name which by user and reputation has acquired the property of indicating that a certain trade or occupation is carried on by a particular person. The name may